New York Giants select DT Johnathan Hankins

Summary of 7 articles · Updated Apr 27, 2013

The New York Giants selected DT Johnathan Hankins with the 49th pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. New York Giants: Johnathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State Reminds me of Vince Wilfork. Giants’ Director of College Scouting on Hankins: Hankins is fills a need for pure p… (more)ower up and down the line. Some staff reactions to the Giants second and third round draft picks, DT Jonathan Hankins of Ohio St and DE Damontre Moore of Texas A&M: Enter Ohio State’s mammoth DT Jonathan Hankins, 6’3?, 320lb youngster who the Giants hope will be the run stopper they have been desperately seeking. And it's important to delineate the difference between off-field conditioning work and on-field effort while he clearly needs an NFL strength program and a great trainer to kick his butt, Hankins will make effort plays late into games, even when he's clearly gassed. This is why the Giants are what they are. They do their own homework.

SNYGiants Staff Thoughts on Rounds 2 and 3

Some staff reactions to the Giants second and third round draft picks, DT Jonathan Hankins of Ohio St and DE Damontre Moore of Texas A&M: Jim Mancari: The Giants have struck gold in the past with defensive linemen, so why not try to continue the tre…

Saturday Morning Report: Giants Beef Up at Draft

In just three rounds, the Giants have begun to change the face of their offensive and defensive lines. Top pick Justin Pugh will bring some versatility and stability back to to the o-line and Jon Hankins is a beast of kid the team plans to plopping in t…

Hankins is Jints New Man in the Middle

The Giants are not pleased with the way other teams have been trampling them in recent years on the ground. They needed to upgrade their interior defensive line and signed veteran DTs Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson to help plug up the middle. But mor…